FinTech Startups:The Landscape of Blockchain Companies in Financial Services

Blockchain Startups

Source: Startup Management 

HT: Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence

The Economist:

Bitcoin fanatics are enthralled by the libertarian ideal of a pure, digital currency beyond the reach of any central bank. The real innovation is not the digital coins themselves, but the trust machine that mints them—and which promises much more besides.

Whatever you think of the cryptocurrency, the “blockchain” is a trust machine that may yet take its place alongside double-entry book-keeping and the limited-liability company as a way of oiling the wheels of commerce.

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